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A judge ruled Friday that one of the four Damascus High School football players initially charged as an adult with sexually attacking four teammates with a broomstick will now be tried in juvenile court.

Damascus High School’s principal said the brooms were discovered Sunday evening, the day before four students charged as adults with an alleged hazing incident were expected in court for bond hearings.

Four teens arrested in connection with alleged sexual assault by members of the junior varsity football team at Damascus High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, have been charged as adults, police said Wednesday.

As police continue to investigate claims of violent, sexually related hazing at Damascus High School, allegations at another school in Montgomery County, Maryland, have come to light. Montgomery County police said they previously investigated a report of hazing involving members of the football team at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown.

Five of four Damascus High School students face second-degree rape charges following a locker room assault involving a broomstick, according to additional details that have come out in a police report obtained by The Washington Post.

In a letter to parents, Derek Turner, director of the school system’s Department of Communications, acknowledged receiving reports of hazing and confirmed that the Montgomery County Police Department has started an investigation.